EP0426456A3 - Automatic storage installation for information recording media - Google Patents

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EP0426456A3
EP0426456A3 EP19900311934 EP90311934A EP0426456A3 EP 0426456 A3 EP0426456 A3 EP 0426456A3 EP 19900311934 EP19900311934 EP 19900311934 EP 90311934 A EP90311934 A EP 90311934A EP 0426456 A3 EP0426456 A3 EP 0426456A3
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information recording
recording media
automatic storage
storage installation
installation
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EP0426456A2 (en
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Rei Ikeda
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Sanki Engineering Co Ltd
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Sanki Engineering Co Ltd
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Priority claimed from JP27619590A external-priority patent/JP2552198B2/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B15/00—Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function
    • G11B15/675—Guiding containers, e.g. loading, ejecting cassettes
    • G11B15/68—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements
    • G11B15/682—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements with fixed magazines having fixed cassette storage cells, e.g. in racks
    • G11B15/6835—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements with fixed magazines having fixed cassette storage cells, e.g. in racks the cassettes being transferred to a fixed recorder or player using a moving carriage
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K17/00—Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
    • G06K17/0016—Selecting or retrieving of images by means of their associated code-marks, e.g. coded microfilm or microfiche
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B15/00—Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function
    • G11B15/675—Guiding containers, e.g. loading, ejecting cassettes
    • G11B15/68—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements
    • G11B15/6845—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements with rotatable magazine
    • G11B15/687—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements with rotatable magazine the cassettes being arranged in multiple levels
    • G11B15/688—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements with rotatable magazine the cassettes being arranged in multiple levels the cassettes being transferred to a fixed recorder or player using a moving carriage
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B17/00—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor
    • G11B17/22—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor from random access magazine of disc records
    • G11B17/225—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor from random access magazine of disc records wherein the disks are transferred from a fixed magazine to a fixed playing unit using a moving carriage

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Warehouses Or Storage Devices (AREA)
  • Automatic Tape Cassette Changers (AREA)
EP90311934A 1989-10-31 1990-10-31 Automatic storage installation for information recording media Expired - Lifetime EP0426456B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP28190589 1989-10-31
JP281905/89 1989-10-31
JP27619590A JP2552198B2 (en) 1989-10-31 1990-10-17 Information recording medium automatic storage device
JP276195/90 1990-10-17

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EP0426456A2 EP0426456A2 (en) 1991-05-08
EP0426456A3 true EP0426456A3 (en) 1992-04-08
EP0426456B1 EP0426456B1 (en) 1996-05-15

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EP90311934A Expired - Lifetime EP0426456B1 (en) 1989-10-31 1990-10-31 Automatic storage installation for information recording media

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US3726400A (en) * 1971-12-29 1973-04-10 Ok Partnership Ltd Document retrieval apparatus and method
FR2563985A1 (en) * 1984-05-14 1985-11-15 Gille Pierre Automatic cassette dispensing device, in particular for video cassettes

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US3236577A (en) * 1963-07-22 1966-02-22 Sperry Rand Corp Article carrying conveyor driven equipment
US3482712A (en) * 1967-10-16 1969-12-09 Sperry Rand Corp Verifier for an article filing system
US3726400A (en) * 1971-12-29 1973-04-10 Ok Partnership Ltd Document retrieval apparatus and method
FR2563985A1 (en) * 1984-05-14 1985-11-15 Gille Pierre Automatic cassette dispensing device, in particular for video cassettes

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AUTOMATISIERUNGSTECHNISCHE PRAXIS - ATP. vol. 30, no. 10, October 1988, MUNCHEN DE pages 517 - 521; TH. BUCHELE: 'SIMULATION EINER HOCHREGALLAGERSTEURUNG' *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 8, no. 182 (M-319)(1619) 22 August 1984 & JP-A-59 074 827 ( KAWASAKI JUKOGYO ) 27 April 1984 *
SMPTE JOURNAL. vol. 88, no. 4, April 1979, US pages 221 - 223; KOMEI KAZAMA: 'AUTOMATIC STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF VIDEOTAPED PROGRAMS' *

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EP0426456A2 (en) 1991-05-08
DE69027001D1 (en) 1996-06-20
DE69027001T2 (en) 1996-12-12

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